(Mindy Esmond’s Perspective) The sudden sparkling feeling struck her heart. She never saw it coming. She never imagined that he would kiss her. And it was terrible. It was not that his kiss felt terrible, but the feeling that slapped her hard in the face was. The awkwardness she felt when her lips received the touch of his lips was intense. She didn’t expect him to kiss her after he tucked her hair. What the hell was he thinking? Why he suddenly kissed her? She remembered that Alain kept on staring weirdly at her face. And she did remember so well when he intentionally stole a glance at her lips a few times. Somehow, her hunch already told her that Alain would do something that surprised her. But she didn’t think it would be a kiss. And this kiss he did to her—felt warm, simple, a

